elisalasater's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Medical trauma, and Hate crime
lpfoley's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Racism, Genocide, Violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Medical trauma, and Hate crime
grubloved's review against another edition
also weird that india's caste system is a selling point but is honestly barely present in the book, and that nazi germany is consistently held up as another state creating an underclass (the goal wasn't an underclass of jews. it was no more jews. this is not very analogous to a caste system).
the alpha wolf chapter was also absolutely atrocious and i think is a really good example of a lot of the problems i had with the text. it was really strange for the book to claim that racism's big downsides are largely that naturally superior people who happen to be in the wrong caste can't assume their rightful place as leaders, and that naturally inferior people who are in the upper caste should be allowed to be ruled by their betters ??? it continually seems to insist that hierarchy is not the problem, but that it is simply a wrong hierarchy and that we should adjust to follow a better natural order. just really really strange to read in a book about racism.
i really enjoyed the pillars of caste section but the rest of it just wasn't the indepth reading i was here for.
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Confinement, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Classism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Rape, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Child death, Colonisation, Torture, Racism, and Murder
arthur_harris's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Police brutality, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Colonisation, Slavery, Blood, Medical trauma, Racism, Child death, and Murder
horizonous's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Torture, Racism, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Violence, Antisemitism, and Slavery
Moderate: Suicide, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Police brutality
Minor: Genocide, Rape, and Medical content
buttermellow's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Antisemitism, Death, Gore, Murder, Violence, and Slavery
Moderate: Grief, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Rape
Minor: Gun violence and Police brutality
khum's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Police brutality, and Racism
rosapotentis's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Torture, Murder, Slavery, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Police brutality, and Racism
The book delves unflinchingly into the history of the caste system in the US, from slavery to present day, and much of the content is difficult. The chapter on lynching (chapter 9, The Evil of Silence) is particularly graphic and distressing.kelseyland's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Police brutality, Genocide, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Slavery
thepassivebookworm's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual violence, and Slavery